Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Lawrence County, Tennessee, April 21, 1972

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries10

Length32.3 mi

Width200 yd

See tornadoes near here

Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.13, -87.53) to the end point (35.37, -87.03), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 21, 1972, 8:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Tennessee
Counties: Lawrence County, Giles County
Path: 32.3 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 10 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 21, 1972

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Illinois	0.3 mi	60 yd	3	0
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Mississippi	12.8 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Kentucky	5.7 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Kentucky	1 mi	10 yd	0	4
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Mississippi	9.1 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Missouri	26 mi	50 yd	0	4
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Mississippi	0.8 mi	83 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Illinois	6.9 mi	10 yd	0	3
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Kentucky	10.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Kentucky	5.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Mississippi	11.7 mi	90 yd	0	8
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Tennessee	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	3
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Tennessee	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Tennessee, Kentucky	10.7 mi	10 yd	0	2
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Illinois	1 mi	20 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.